Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-08
GENERAL Markets.
Produce and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan F1our-Firm, but
unchanged. Wheat dull and lower; market
opened ga sc lower. ilucsuaied within small
range until late in the session, when pri es
shaded off again, and closed weak sc lower
tn n yesterday No > red cash s2Hc; January
S2]sc; Feb uary S3i4c; May sSG $50, clce,ng ss
ASST. Corn dull and easy, closing q a &c lower
than yesterday Mo- mixed Cash 34'.a351ac;
February $500. Oats about steady; No. .
mixed cash 2sac; February 29c; May ST.
Corn meal quiet and steady, s. OO02 o. Whisky
firm at 81 13. Wool ull and easy; medium
2IO251lc; coarse braid Is 62lc: low sandy ID
60l9c; fine ligh. lS025c heavy l46 &c. Provi-
siops dull and easy. Pork easy, Sl2 80. Lard
about steady at ST 30 Bulk meats about steady;
loose lots long clear Sc IS; short ribs Sc Is;
clear, s. Cea6 10. short ribs Sc 20; snoTf
Sc IS; short ibis Sc so; short clear 81 coo
l21s. Hams stea ~, at So $50 IL 20. After
noon board-Wheat firmer and 1sd14 hlg er.
Corn unchanged Oals firm and &c higher
No. red cash, zoe bid; May, 7S11c bid Corn
quiet cash, 3Olc asked; February, BIC bid;
May, 351ic. oats nominal; &c bid cash.
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. Notwithstanding In
wheat was rather listless to day, fluctuations
were confined in Iarow limits; foreign az
vanced quoted wheat dull with poor dems nd,
ant prices shade lower; considerable selling
particularly on Eastern account; while shorts
covered mode atoly fir ely; export clearings
aggregated 2S4, 900 bushels, but these were not
la &c enough TO satisfy the aj5rity of ope. a
tors who had looked for very liberal clearings;
r. ceipts continue up to about usual average;
May opened S53sc, touched extremes OF s5H9
S5Ilc, cloped at opening figures. Corn-Market
quiet and dull opening easier at 42c for May;
rallied i495sc, closed at best figures of the
day; receipts fair; shipments moderate.
L. DIVISION marEet active and unsettled. The
market opened firm for mess pork with May de-
livery at ST. %; advance to So 50, fell OFF
steadil and closed 5 . Az. Lard rnled SO
10 lower; short ribs l0G121zc lower The leading
fut re- closed as follows: Wheat-No. 2 Jan
nary, 7Shc: February 7sssc; March, 49, C; May,
50 C. Corn-January. 56Sc; February, $3.50;
Mach. 36ssc; May, 42i5 NJ s. rors-Januarf,
Sl2 Is February, Sl2 Is: March, ST. ga; May,
Sl2 471 l. rG-Jauuart. S. %; reb7uaIy. So %;
Mtr.h, So Is; NAV, So IN. Cash quotations
were as follows: Flour quiet and uuc iang.d;
wheat 7>jS dTSi4c; corn 365s; n -ss pork, ~ ~
GS2 Is; lard So 50; short riD, 81 les loose So 10;
dry sailed should, rs. boxed, 81 SAL 90; shot
clear sides, boxed, Sc 55c6 60; whisky, 81 Is
NEW YORK, Jan. 7-Coffee-Fair; Rio firm
at Is: options steady but less active; sales
81, 0OO bags; January closed at SIS 35G j 40;
FebruarJ, Sl3 GOA Is %; March and April SIS %
ais 30; May S3 S0al3 50. Sugar --teadier;
fair 10 good refining 4AsGi%c; Tel ned quiet.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. Flour market
st ong; choice s. 1913 90; fancy 81 25T4 30;
extra fancy 81 5OG4 s.: Minnesota and winter
wheat patents 81 9oa5 Is. Corn quiet bus
steady; white 46647c; mixed 4sc; yellow 4sd49c.
Oats firmer; choice Western 39d40c. Cornmea1
quiet at 81 90. Hay steady; prime Sl3 0o6l4 80;
CHOICE SIS 0O616 90. Hog products in light de-
NH nd, but holders firm; pork Sl2 o2'S lard, re-